Shoe bag



S. SCHERBA Feb. 14, 1950 SHOE BAG Filed June 22, 1944 IN VEN TOR. 5M

- Qua/@249 Patented F eb. 14 1950 Stephen Scherba, Milwaukee, Wis., ,a'ssignor to Emma Ross Scherba, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application June 22, 193.4, s rial-No. 541,617

1 Claim. (01'. 150 52 This invention relates to shoe bags.

Ihe object of the invention is to providea shoe bag that may be used as a carrying or storage "container which may be packed as a I The endedge defined *s'eam portion 1 of the partition-forming extenby a fold line A-A o -sion '9 forms a narrow, elongated securing tab of substantially the same length as the transverse,

unit in luggage or storage with other articles-: slanting line of fold BB, to be secured along and prevent the shoes therein from soiling or damaging the other articles, and by virtueof an, interior partition prevent the shoes from soiling, ina'rring, *or damaging the surface of each other.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shoe bag in which the shoes are very compactly arranged so that -the whole takes up a minimum of space and preferably onehaving protecting flaps at the oppositely disposed con tractible ends of the bag.

A further object of the invention is to provide a shoe bag which may be made from a single blank of any flexible sheet material, such as fabric, leather, paper, or cellophane, in which the ends and the intermediate portion are secured together, as by stitching, adhesive, or in other suitable manner, to form a twocompartment bag with a diagonally extending partition between the compartments, the closed end of each compartment preferably being pleated to fit the toe portion of the shoe.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by the claim at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevation view of a shoe bag embodying the invention, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a detailed sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detailed vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the bag blank.

A blank 5 of generally rectangular form which may have cover flap portions 6 integral therewith or secured thereto is cut out of a suitable sheet of flexible material such as canvas, rubber, cloth, leather, paper, cellophane, or other suitable material. The blank 5 of generally rectangular shape is divided along its longitudinal edges, intermediate the ends of its main body portion by a slanting transverse line of fold, BB in Fig. 4, and has at one of its ends between a seam portion 1 and a fold line C-C a partition-forming extension part 9 which may be extended at both of its ends beyond the longitudinal edges of the main blank to provide the "said told as the first .step in assembling the shoe bag. Foldlines D -.D at one end and C-C near the other end of the main body of the blank, and a pair of spaced fold lines X :and Y is provided along each longitudinal edge of the main blank,

-- said pair of 1-fold lines-being for the punpose "of forming shirring cord pockets at the open ends vjof the assembled shoe bag. The main body of integral closure flaps or cover flap portions 6.

the bag is provided with pleated portions 20 at its upper right and lower left marginal edges,

-which extend a considerable distance toward the longitudinal center of the blank, for the purpose of creating a more nearly shoe-form-fitting bag. As shown in Fig. 4, the blank has lines A-A, BB, C-C, and DD, indicated thereon. The line AA is a fold line for a seam portion 1. The line DD is a fold line for a seam portion 8. The part 9 of the body of the blank between the lines A--A and 0-0 forms the partition dividing the bag into two compartments l0. To form this partition the seam portion I is secured by stitching ll along the diagonal line BB, and the seam portion 8 is secured by stitching l2 toan intermediate seam portion l3 along the fold line CC with the result that a container of generally shoe-conforming shape having a diagonally disposed partition 9 is provided as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 also shows lines X and Y at the opposite sides of the blank. That portion of the blank between the lines Y and the adjacent edges of the blank are stitched down by lines of stitching M to the portion indicated generally by the lines X so as to form drawstring pockets I5 at each end of the twopart container, and a drawstring I6 is mounted in each of these pockets and has its looped end I 1 drawn through a slot I8 formed in part of the pocket I5. The seam portion 1 is preferably of a length to correspond with the length of the line BB between the lines X-X in Fig. 4.

For a portion of its length each drawstring pocket is secured to one side of the cover flap portion 6 by the stitching 14 as indicated at IS in Fig. 1. An elastic member may be substituted for the drawstring l6, if desired, or the sides of the opening may be provided with the well known Zipper type fastening. In order to more nearly conform to the shape of the shoe and make a more compact package, parts of the blanks are pleated in the sections E and F to form the pleated portion 20, shown in detail in Fig. 3, which portions are disposed at opposite ends of the twopart bag to accommodate the toe portion 2| of each shoe 22. It will be noted that in the completed bag a shoe is placed in each compartment formed by the partition 9 and that the shoes face in opposite directions and that the cover flap 6 for each compartment covers over the heel of each shoe and by pulling up on the drawstring 16 or other closing means the ends of the bag are so contracted that the shoes cannot fall out and are further prevented from shifting to a great extent in the bag by the cover flaps 6 which also are to exclude foreign matter from the interior of the compartment. The container efiectively covers the shoes so that they will not be brought in contact with other articles that :may form a part of ones general luggage and also because of the partition 9 the shoes them- ;selves are prevented from scratching, marring, wsoiling, or damaging each other. It has also been found that the slight movement of the shoes -:relative to the container effects a polishing accation.

The blank instead of being made from a .zsingle piece of material may be made of several pieces suitably secured together where it is desired to utilize small pieces of scrap material or to use different colored or types of material for different parts of the container, and I, therefore, desire it to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to any particular form or arrangement of parts except in so far as such limitations are included in the claim.

What I claim as my invention is:

As a new article of manufacture, a shoe bag comprising a generally rectangular blank of flexible material having one of its side edges secured in a transversely extending diagonal line to a transversely extending intermediate portion of said blank and its other oppositely disposed side edge secured to a transversely extending partition-forming fold between the first edge and the connection of said front edge with said intermediate portion of the blank, forming a container having a diagonally disposed partition dividing it into two compartments, each compartment having an open end and a closed end of less area than its open end, said openings being at opposite ends of the container, and extensions on the partition-forming portion of the blank forming cover flaps for said openings.

STEPHEN SCI-IE'RBA.

REFERENCES CITED 7 The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 607,897 Tashiro July 26, 1898 2,134,627 Turner Oct. 25, 1938 2,154,536 Sebastian Apr. 18, 1939 2,276,765 DeGree Mar. 1'7, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 11,359 Great Britain Aug. 16, 1884 124,300 Great Britain Mar. 27, 1919 

